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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1778362" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">Join me at 7:00 p.m. tonight (1:00 Monday GMT) for the <a href="https://youtu.be/7D5cZIBwlkE" target="_blank">weekly Mac-Forums video chat</a>. We'll have the usual forum roundup, and an assortment of tips and tricks for macOS and IOS. The forum roundup will lead us to a few basic troubleshooting techniques that are always good to have in your bag of tricks.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><strong>Show Notes</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><strong></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Member vermahad want to know where to find any iPhone backups stored on the Mac. The backups are stored in the Library folder that is inside your user folder. The specific path is ~/Library/Application Support/ MobileSync <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/344211-lost-iphone-backup.html" target="_blank">See this thread</a>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If you are going to use iTunes to restore your IOS device from a backup that is possible. Launch iTunes and go to Preferences. From there click the Devices tab and you will see the backups that iTunes can use as a restore point. iTunes only keeps the most recent backup for each device. If you need something older you’ll have to go to a Time Machine backup, other backup, or third-party software. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If you routinely use GarageBand to monitor things like your guitar playing you may experience some latency from time to time. If you are having this issue using Bluetooth headphones forum member pm-r posted<a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=344221&p=1778141&viewfull=1#post1778141" target="_blank"> links to some tips that may help resolve this problem</a> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Thanks Patrick. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If you have recently deleted a program from your Mac you will find that any Dock icons (area similar to the Windows Taskbar) for the program no longer work. Getting rid of these icons is as simple as clicking on them and dragging the icon out of the Dock. Depending upon your settings you may see a puff of smoke indicating that the icon is ready to disappear. You can find more of <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/344211-lost-iphone-backup.html" target="_blank">Apple’s Dock tips here</a>.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Deleting icons from the LaunchPad area (indicated by the rocket) is a bit different and depends, in part on whether the app was purchased from the Mac App Store. <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Delete-Apps-from-Launchpad-on-a-Mac" target="_blank">See here for details</a></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Troubleshooting tip: Despite the whole world’s desire to go wireless it’s always good to have a USB keyboard and mouse around.It doesn’t have to be Mac only. A cheap, generic unit will do. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1778362, member: 131855"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=HelveticaNeue]Join me at 7:00 p.m. tonight (1:00 Monday GMT) for the [URL="https://youtu.be/7D5cZIBwlkE"]weekly Mac-Forums video chat[/URL]. We'll have the usual forum roundup, and an assortment of tips and tricks for macOS and IOS. The forum roundup will lead us to a few basic troubleshooting techniques that are always good to have in your bag of tricks. [B]Show Notes [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Helvetica]Member vermahad want to know where to find any iPhone backups stored on the Mac. The backups are stored in the Library folder that is inside your user folder. The specific path is ~/Library/Application Support/ MobileSync [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/344211-lost-iphone-backup.html"]See this thread[/URL].[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]If you are going to use iTunes to restore your IOS device from a backup that is possible. Launch iTunes and go to Preferences. From there click the Devices tab and you will see the backups that iTunes can use as a restore point. iTunes only keeps the most recent backup for each device. If you need something older you’ll have to go to a Time Machine backup, other backup, or third-party software. [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]If you routinely use GarageBand to monitor things like your guitar playing you may experience some latency from time to time. If you are having this issue using Bluetooth headphones forum member pm-r posted[URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=344221&p=1778141&viewfull=1#post1778141"] links to some tips that may help resolve this problem[/URL] [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]Thanks Patrick. [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]If you have recently deleted a program from your Mac you will find that any Dock icons (area similar to the Windows Taskbar) for the program no longer work. Getting rid of these icons is as simple as clicking on them and dragging the icon out of the Dock. Depending upon your settings you may see a puff of smoke indicating that the icon is ready to disappear. You can find more of [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/344211-lost-iphone-backup.html"]Apple’s Dock tips here[/URL].[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Deleting icons from the LaunchPad area (indicated by the rocket) is a bit different and depends, in part on whether the app was purchased from the Mac App Store. [URL="https://www.wikihow.com/Delete-Apps-from-Launchpad-on-a-Mac"]See here for details[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Troubleshooting tip: Despite the whole world’s desire to go wireless it’s always good to have a USB keyboard and mouse around.It doesn’t have to be Mac only. A cheap, generic unit will do. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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